topic Re: SAS not applying Labels from data step during proc freq? in SAS Programming

SAS not applying Labels from data step during proc freq?

SAS93 — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:16:48 GMT

I'm applying permanent labels to variables in a data step (at the very end):

/* Labels */
Label
YY4_="Year"

RACE2="Race/Ethnicity"
age="Age Group"
FPL="Federal Poverty Level"
Urban="Urbanicity"
Married="Marital Status"
edu="Education"

mvitamin="Any Multivitamin Use"
pre_diet="Dieting to Lose Weight"
pre_exer="Exercise Three+ Days Per Week";

But when I run the proc surveyfreq using this dataset, the labels are not applied.

I've checked to ensure the options label wasn't turned off. And when I run proc contents, the labels are output as information about the dataset. I've also tried closing out the program entirely, re-opening it, and running it again.

I don't see anything unusual in the log, either.

Re: SAS not applying Labels from data step during proc freq?

maguiremq — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:36:22 GMT

I don't have much experience with PROC SURVEYFREQ, but have you checked the documentation?

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.4/statug/statug_surveyfreq_syntax01.htm

Look at the VARHEADER = LABEL option there. That might be it?

Re: SAS not applying Labels from data step during proc freq?

SAS93 — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:42:39 GMT

THANK YOU! That worked! I've never had to use that before; I've added labels periodically under the same circumstances (proc surveyfreq) and it's worked just fine. I will definitely be noting this down.